Primary election results

State's Atty. Richard M. Daley, wife Maggie and their children, Nora, 9 and Patrick, 7, watch mayoral primary election results at Daley's headquarters in Chicago. It was apparent as early as 8:30 p.m. that the numbers simply were not there to win. Strategists blamed his defeat on the race-baiting tactics of Mayor Jane Byrne and her backers, contending that they scared away crucial Daley votes on the predominately white Northwest and Southwest Sides. The race issue arose when a letter written by former Gov. Richard Ogilvie, a Republican backing Byrne, was circulated on the Northwest Side. The letter said the contest had boiled down to a race between Byrne and Washington and argued that a vote for Daley was, in effect, a vote for Washington.

State's Atty. Richard M. Daley, wife Maggie and their children, Nora, 9 and Patrick, 7, watch mayoral primary election results at Daley's headquarters in Chicago. It was apparent as early as 8:30 p.m. that the numbers simply were not there to win. Strategists blamed his defeat on the race-baiting tactics of Mayor Jane Byrne and her backers, contending that they scared away crucial Daley votes on the predominately white Northwest and Southwest Sides. The race issue arose when a letter written by former Gov. Richard Ogilvie, a Republican backing Byrne, was circulated on the Northwest Side. The letter said the contest had boiled down to a race between Byrne and Washington and argued that a vote for Daley was, in effect, a vote for Washington. (Tribune archive photo)

State's Atty. Richard M. Daley, wife Maggie and their children, Nora, 9 and Patrick, 7, watch mayoral primary election results at Daley's headquarters in Chicago. It was apparent as early as 8:30 p.m. that the numbers simply were not there to win. Strategists blamed his defeat on the race-baiting tactics of Mayor Jane Byrne and her backers, contending that they scared away crucial Daley votes on the predominately white Northwest and Southwest Sides. The race issue arose when a letter written by former Gov. Richard Ogilvie, a Republican backing Byrne, was circulated on the Northwest Side. The letter said the contest had boiled down to a race between Byrne and Washington and argued that a vote for Daley was, in effect, a vote for Washington.Tribune archive photo